Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP)

Course List

Semester 1

DHSM5101 | Advanced theory and methodology in disaster science

DHSM5101

Objective

To provide the students with a deeper understanding of disaster management and science with the theories and methodologies that make up its practice.

To provide the students with a master’s level knowledge of the academic literature.

To emphasis on knowledge grounded within the research.

Outcome

Assess concepts typically associated with scientific research and literature on disaster management and science

Analyze the scholarly works of scientific researcher with respect to disaster management and science

Evaluate the impacts of theory (abstract) on operations (reality)

Synthesize the lessons to be learned from a large body of research and writing

Reference

Etkin, D., 2015. Disaster Theory.

Asgary A., 2005. Technological Disasters’ Cost/loss Data: Current Issues and Future Challenges. 2nd Toulouse–Montreal Conference: The Law, Economics and Management of Large-Scale Risks, September 30 to October 1, 2005, Montreal, Canada.

Twigg, J., 2015. Disaster Risk Reduction. Overseas Development Institute.

USAID Disaster Risk Reduction Training Course for Southern Africa., 2011. Introduction to Disaster Risk Reduction.

The National Academies (2012). Disaster resilience: A national imperative. Washington DC: The National Academies Press.

The World Bank (2010). Natural hazards, unnatural disasters. Washington DC: The World Bank.

Quarantelli, E.L., 1987. Disaster Studies: An Analysis of Social Historical Factors Affecting the Development of Research in the Area.

DHSM5102 | Advanced GIS/Spatial analysis

DHSM5102

Objective

• To develop an understanding of Spatial Analysis

• To develop an understanding of various data models in GIS and uncertainty.

• To develop ability of data analysis, modification, display and present at advance level.

• To develop an understanding of various data analysis methods in GIS environment.

Outcome

• Use GIS to identify, explore, understand, and solve spatial patterns and problems

• Demonstrate GIS modelling skills

• Demonstrate critical thinking skills in solving geospatial problems.

• Demonstrate competency with the ArcMap software to enhance and interpret data Use queries in GIS Analysis Formulate applications of GIS technology.

Reference

This course is internal course, therefore, no reference is applicable.

DHSM5103 | Remote Sensing for disaster management

DHSM5103

Objective

The primary objective of this course is to develop an understanding of basic concepts of RS. Some other objectives of the course are: • To develop an understanding of Remote Sensing • To develop an understanding of various data models. • To identify various sources of information for data collection. • To develop an understanding of various data analysis methods in ENVI environment. • To develop ability of data display and cartographic sense.

Outcome

Reference

Richards, John A. and Xiuping Jia (2006) Remote Sensing Digital Image Analysis: An Introduction [4th Edition]. Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer. ISBN: 978-3-540-25128-6

Weng, Qihao (2010) Remote Sensing and GIS Integration: Theories, Methods, and Application. New York: McGraw Hill. ISBN: 978-0-07-160654-7

Campbell, J. B. and R. H. Wynne (2011) Introduction to Remote Sensing [5th Edition]. New York: The Guildford Press. ISBN: 978-1-60918-176-5.

DHSM5104 | Spatial Statistics for disaster management

DHSM5104

Objective

• To develop an understanding of spatial statistics

• To develop an understanding of data distribution and patterns.

• To develop an understanding of various statistical methods for data analysis.

• To develop ability of perform statistical analysis in different spatial software.

Outcome

• Distinguish different types of spatial data (geostatistical, areal, point process) and understand how spatial autocorrelation plays a role in statistical modeling.

• Use existing methods to investigate spatial autocorrelation in example datasets pro- vided as exercises.

• Determine which spatial methods to use to in their own research and implement them using statistical software and GIS.

• Read and discuss new methods in the spatial statistics literature based on an under- standing of the basic spatial statistics approaches, principles and main assumptions

Reference

This course is internal course, therefore, no reference is applicable.

DHSM5105 | Hazard and Vulnerability Assessment

DHSM5105

Objective

Main Objectives of the course are:  to understand the concepts of hazard assessment  to learn various methods for vulnerability assessment  to learn the formulation process of spatial data for risk assessment  to generate risk maps using qualitative and quantitative methods

Outcome

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DHSM5106 | Comprehensive Viva Voce

DHSM5106

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Semester 2

DHSM5201 | Risk Modelling

DHSM5201

Objective

• To develop understanding of Exposure, Vulnerability and thus Risk.

• To develop an understanding of modeling from risk stance, considering statistical computation.

• To identify various sources of risk and hazard model available in practice.

• To develop ability of design, develop, and validate models.

• To develop an understanding of various model generation methods in GIS and python coding.

Outcome

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Reference

This course is internal course, therefore, no reference is applicable.

DHSM5202 | Disaster Management and resilience

DHSM5202

Objective

– To understand the current disaster management and resilience research and prac-tice fields.

Outcome

– assess and analyze disaster risk, its components, driving factors, different disaster risk reduction approaches.

– apply detailed knowledge of policy and approaches for disaster risk reduction, disas-ter preparedness, and disaster recovery stage.

– assess complexity and interaction and developing, monitoring and evaluating resili-ence in processes, systems, organizations and communities at risk from known and emergent threats in a sustainable way.

Reference

Disaster management: enabling resilience

Strengthening the resilience of an economy

On some recent definitions and analysis frameworks for risk, vulnerability, and resilience.

Vulnerability and resilience in natural disasters. a marketing and public policy perspective.

Understanding uncertainty and reducing vulnerability: lessons from resil- ience thinking

Multi-agent based disaster management system: a review

Disaster risk reduction and ‘built-in’ resilience: towards over- arching principles for construction practice.

DHSM5203 | Humanitarianism in Principles and Practice

DHSM5203

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DHSM5204 | Project Management

DHSM5204

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DHSM5205 | Social Conflict and Human Security

DHSM5205

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DHSM5206 | Disaster and Public Health

DHSM5206

Objective

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DHSM5207 | Coastal zone management

DHSM5207

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DHSM5208 | Gender and disaster

DHSM5208

Objective

The learning objective of this course is to provide the students with the basic idea of the relationship between disasters and different types of genders as well as gender related challenges and policies that deals with disaster management and disaster risk reduction.

Outcome

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Reference

1. Feminist Theories

2. Gender Vulnerability

3.Gender Based Violence

DHSM5209 | Hydrological Hazards

DHSM5209

Objective

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